Saturday, September 14th, 2019
Digvijaya Singh accuses Centre of using ‘Gujarat model’ against opposition
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh accused the Narendra Modi government of political vendetta on Friday evening in Mathura, saying it was following a “Gujarat model” to target opposition leaders. Allegations of misuse of agencies Singh said the jailing of former Union finance minister P Chidambaram showed that the CBI, the Enforcement Directorate and the income tax department were being used against the opposition. He argued that the officers whose advice or consent Chidambaram had acted on had not faced action. The former Madhya Pradesh chief minister alleged that BJP leaderRead More
Congress warns against changing three-language formula after Amit Shah’s Hindi pitch
The Congress on Saturday cautioned the government against revisiting the three-language formula, hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah argued for Hindi as a common language for the country. Party spokesperson Anand Sharma said such “emotive” matters had been settled by the framers of the Constitution and should not be reopened. What Shah said Earlier that day, Shah said that because Hindi is the most widely spoken language, it could bind the country together. He encouraged people to use their mother tongues as much as possible, while saying efforts wouldRead More